Armed Forces: Senior Staff

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff are employed in the 19 official service residences; and which staff are employed in each category.

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The 19 official service residences employ a total of 81 full- and part-time members of staff in a variety of positions dependent on the circumstances of the house. The following table provides information on : the categories of staff employed:
	
		
			  Dedicated Staff  Pooled Staff  
			  Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time 
			 House Manager 17 2 0 0 
			 Chefs and Stewards 16 0 2 3 
			 House Orderlies 5 0 0 0 
			 House Keepers 3 1 0 0 
			 Domestic Assistants 6 7 2 4 
			 Gardeners 7 2 0 4 
			 Total 54 12 4 11 
		
	
	Expenditure relating to official service residences is kept under close scrutiny. When it is practical to do so, we utilise staff from other residences in support of a function to maximise use of resources. Furthermore, civilian staff will be retained rather than a member of the Armed Forces, but dependent on the occupant and location of the residence, it may be in the interests of security to use service personnel.

Arms Exports

Lord Dykes: To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are planning to take against senior directors of the company responsible for the export of the ADE-651 bomb detection device which was interdicted.

Lord Davies of Abersoch: I understand that the company is under investigation by the police and therefore I cannot comment.

Crime: Hate

Lord Dear: To ask Her Majesty's Government when a revised version of the document Hate Crime: Delivering a Quality Service-Good Practice and Tactical Guidance March 2005 will be published.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the revised version of the document Hate Crime: Delivering a Quality Service-Good Practice and Tactical Guidance March 2005 will give advice to police that takes account of section 29JA of the Public Order Act 1986, inserted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 16 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.

Lord Bach: The Association of Chief Police Officers anticipates publishing a new Hate Crime Manual in March 2010. The document is currently in development and has taken into account the views of stakeholders and the advice of the Independent Advisory Group to the cross-government hate crime programme, "Race for Justice".
	The Association of Chief Police Officers has also indicated that it will include a section on incitement to hatred offences and has said that it would be prepared to issue supplementary guidance on this offence should it be enacted before the manual is completed. It has further indicated that the guidance, whether as part of the manual or otherwise, will take account of Section 29JA of the Public Order Act 1986, as inserted by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.

Dr David Kelly

Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the medical reports and post-mortem findings on the death of Dr David Kelly.

Lord Bach: No decision has been made over whether the medical reports and post-mortem findings on the death of Dr David Kelly will be published. Lord Hutton noted in a statement on Tuesday 26 January that he had requested that the post-mortem examination report relating to Dr Kelly not be disclosed for 70 years in view of the distress that could be caused to Dr Kelly's wife and daughters.
	The Ministry of Justice is considering carefully the most appropriate course of action.

Dr David Kelly

Lord Waddington: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the medical reports and photographs on which Lord Hutton based his conclusion that Dr Kelly committed suicide.

Lord Bach: No decision has been made over whether the medical reports and photographs relating to the death of Dr David Kelly will be published. Lord Hutton noted in a statement on Tuesday 26 January that he had requested that the post-mortem examination report relating to Dr Kelly not be disclosed for 70 years in view of the distress that could be caused to Dr Kelly's wife and daughters.
	The Ministry of Justice is considering carefully the most appropriate course of action.

Licensing: Live Music

Lord Clement-Jones: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Oldham on 25 January (WA 299), what are the types of venue of the six examples identified by the Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services that have had applications for live music under the Legislative Reform (Minor Variations to Premises Licences and Club Premises Certificates) Order 2009 granted; and which local authorities granted those applications.

Lord Davies of Oldham: We do not hold the information requested about the six examples referred to in my previous Answer.
	Since that Answer was given on 25 January, however, more local authorities have responded to the request for information made by Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS). LACORS is now aware of approximately 46 applications to add or amend authorisations for live music, of which three were refused. The figure is approximate because one local authority said it had granted "a few" relevant applications.
	We understand that the survey conducted by LACORS did not request the names of the authorities providing the information, and descriptions of premises type were not given in every case. The descriptions that were given were 11 pubs, three restaurants, two hotels, one civic building, one club, one cafe, one public area and one skittle alley.
	LACORS' request for information was not intended to discover the details of each minor variations application, but to establish whether or not the new process is being used successfully to vary premises licences and club premises certificates (including the addition or amendment of authorisation for live music).

Mental Capacity Act 2005

Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty's Government what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars, and (c) other documents the Ministry of Justice or its predecessor department (1) have issued since 2005, and (2) will issue in the next 12 months consequent on the Mental Capacity Act 2005; and whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of each such document.

Lord Bach: Since the Mental Capacity Act 2005 received Royal Assent a number of items of legislation prescribing the detail of how the Act operates have been laid before Parliament by both the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health and have since come into force.
	In addition, the Office of the Public Guardian has produced a wide range of forms, guidance and other information related to the operation of the Act. Stakeholders have been regularly updated of progress via update newsletters and consultation documents where appropriate.
	I have laid a table in the House Library providing a list of the main legislation, forms and guidance and newsletters produced by the department to support the implementation of the Act. In addition, as would be expected with the introduction of any new legislation, internal guidance and notices for staff have been produced.
	A public consultation "Office of the Public Guardian: amendments to secondary legislation" is due to end on 9 March 2010. Following the consultation further statutory instruments may be issued.
	The president of the Court of Protection, Sir Mark Potter, has also set up an ad hoc rules committee to review the Court of Protection Rules which may also lead to the issue of further statutory instruments.
	The OPG will also continue to produce further information or guidance as may be required.

Roads: Litter

Lord Marlesford: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have considered using those sentenced by the courts to community service to pick litter.

Lord Bach: Following the implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, community service is now the unpaid work requirement of a community or suspended sentence order. The requirement is known as community payback.
	Community payback describes the work done by offenders to make reparation for their crimes. The work must benefit the community, and offenders sentenced to community payback undertake tasks such as picking litter and clearing graffiti. During recent weeks, there have been numerous examples of community payback being used at short notice to assist local authorities to clear snow from pavements. All members of the public have the opportunity to nominate projects to be completed by offenders undertaking community payback. Last year, over 62,000 offenders successfully completed community payback sentences and over 8.4 million hours were worked.